Grade 5 · SEL · Lesson 7

Time Management Basics

Time is the one resource you can never get back. You will never have more than 24 hours in a day, so the question is not "How do I find more time?" — it is "How do I spend the time I already have on what matters most?" That is what time management is.

What this lesson teaches

1Sort tasks into urgent, important, and neither
2Plan your week using simple time blocks
3Choose the next most useful task to start with
4Use a 25-minute focus block to make real progress

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